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Locality Name:
Yamato 000593 Martian Meteorite (Y-000593), Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


mindat Locality ID: 255848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yamato 000593 Martian Meteorite (Y-000593), Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 71°30'"S
Longitude: 35°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -71.5,35.666666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCorundumMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePyroxeneSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTridymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Augite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Laihunite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Laihunite  (*)None(Fe3+,Fe2+,   )2(SiO4)015
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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